CN210681609U - High strength baffle box subassembly - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a high strength baffle box subassembly contains a plurality of independent compartments. The high strength baffle box assembly includes: transverse plates, longitudinal plates, outer plates and reinforcing plates. The transverse plates and the longitudinal plates are perpendicular to each other and are detachably assembled together by the cooperation of the first grooves and the second grooves. The outer panels include at least one vertical fold line such that the outer panels fold along the vertical fold line to enclose the transverse and longitudinal panels. The first fold tabs of the transverse panels and the second fold tabs of the longitudinal panels are adhered to the inner surface of the outer panel by a securing material such that the transverse panels, the longitudinal panels and the outer panel constitute a plurality of compartments. The high strength spacer box assembly is capable of folding and maintaining parallelism between the transverse panels and between the longitudinal panels when the reinforcement panels are removed from the outer surfaces of the exterior panels.

Description

High strength baffle box subassembly

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates generally to a tank assembly and more particularly to a high strength diaphragm tank assembly.

Background

Existing divider systems are primarily used to provide interior dividers within a container. The divider may be formed from interlocking panels. The interlocking panels typically constitute a divided interior unit, as well as a peripheral unit that is open and surrounds the periphery of the divider. Alternatively, the interlocking panels of the divider do not constitute a complete perimeter unit, but rather provide a "shrunken" perimeter unit that serves as a void unit formed around the perimeter of the divider.

These peripheral void cells result in a waste of a portion of the container volume, add weight to the divider system, and do not provide additional item storage units. In addition, the weight stored in the interior unit may displace and compress the surrounding empty cells, allowing additional movement of the contents of the baffle box adjacent the interior unit. These additional displacements may result in impacts damaging the containers or in a stack of containers collapsing.

In view of the foregoing, it is apparent that there is a need for alternative interlocking divider systems known in the art to increase the efficiency of the transportation and manufacturing industries.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims at solving the technical problem, provide a high strength baffle box subassembly, realize improving the purpose of the storage conveying efficiency of container.

The application discloses a high strength diaphragm tank assembly contains a plurality of independent compartments. The high strength baffle box assembly includes: a set of mutually parallel transverse plates, a set of mutually parallel longitudinal plates, at least one outer plate and at least one reinforcing plate. The transverse plate has a first top edge, a first bottom edge, a first left side edge, and a first right side edge. The transverse plates are respectively provided with a first groove. The first grooves extend upward from the first bottom edges of the respective transverse plates. The transverse panel also has a first fold tab on the first left side edge and the first right side edge, respectively. The longitudinal plate has a second top edge, a second bottom edge, a second left side edge, and a second right side edge. The longitudinal plates are respectively provided with a second groove. The second grooves extend downward from the second top edges of the longitudinal plates, respectively. The longitudinal panel also has a second fold tab on the second left side edge and the second right side edge, respectively. The outer panel has a third top edge, a third bottom edge, a third left side edge, and a third right side edge. One of the third left side edge and the third right side edge has at least one tab. The other of the third left side edge and the third right side edge has at least one concave portion that mates with the convex portion. The third left and right side edges of the outer panel can be joined together by the convex and concave portions. The reinforcing panel is detachably attached to the outer surface of the outer panel when the third left and right side edges of the outer panel are joined together by the convex and concave portions.

Wherein the transverse plate and the longitudinal plate are perpendicular to each other and detachably assembled together by the cooperation of the first groove and the second groove. The outer panel includes at least one vertical fold line such that the outer panel folds along the vertical fold line to enclose the transverse panel and the longitudinal panel. The first fold tabs of the transverse panels and the second fold tabs of the longitudinal panels are adhered to the inner surface of the outer panel by a securing material such that the transverse panels, the longitudinal panels, and the outer panel constitute a plurality of compartments. The high strength spacer box assembly is capable of folding and maintaining parallelism between the transverse panels and between the longitudinal panels when the reinforcement panels are removed from the outer surfaces of the exterior panels.

According to one aspect of the disclosure, the transverse plates each have 8 first grooves.

According to one aspect of the disclosure, the longitudinal plates each have 3 second grooves.

According to one aspect of the disclosure, all the first and second folded tabs form a complete enclosure of the transverse panels and the longitudinal panels.

According to one aspect of the disclosure, the transverse panels, the longitudinal panels and the outer panels are all made of corrugated paper.

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, the securing material is an adhesive tape.

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, the reinforcement plate is made of a material having higher deformation resistance than the lateral plate, the longitudinal plate, and the outer plate.

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, the high strength spacer box assembly further includes a bottom cover and a top cover. The bottom cover and the top cover cooperate with the exterior panel to completely enclose the respective compartments.

According to one aspect of the disclosure, a single one of the outer panels includes four vertical fold lines such that the outer panel is folded along the vertical fold lines and past the third left and right side edges to enclose the transverse and longitudinal panels.

According to one aspect of the disclosure, the convex portion and the concave portion are semicircular.

The above advantages and other advantages and features of the present disclosure will become apparent from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments, which is to be read in connection with the accompanying drawings.

The utility model has the advantages that: this high strength baffle box subassembly make full use of container volume stores up article to can fold when not using and place, thereby improve the storage transportation efficiency of container.

Drawings

For a fuller understanding of the nature and advantages of the present disclosure, reference should be made to the following detailed description taken together with the accompanying figures wherein:

FIG. 1 is an isometric view of a prior art baffle box embodiment;

FIG. 2 is an isometric view of an embodiment of the disclosed baffle box without a reinforcement plate;

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a longitudinal plate according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a transverse plate according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is an isometric view of a transverse panel with a fold-over tab formed at an end of the transverse panel according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a plan view of an exterior panel according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIGS. 7 and 8 illustrate embodiments of the present application including a baffle box and an exterior plate;

FIG. 9 is an embodiment of the present application showing a top cover and a bottom cover;

FIG. 10 is an isometric view of the baffle box of FIG. 2 beginning to fold about its center;

FIG. 11 is an isometric view of the baffle box of FIG. 10 about an almost full fold; and

FIG. 12 is an isometric view of the baffle box of FIG. 10 fully folded about the stack for shipping.

These drawings will be described in detail below.

Detailed Description

The following detailed description is merely exemplary in nature and is not intended to limit the disclosure or the application and uses thereof. Furthermore, there is no intention to be bound by any expressed or implied theory presented in the preceding background or the following detailed description.

Embodiments of the present disclosure are described herein. However, it is to be understood that the disclosed embodiments are merely exemplary, and that other embodiments may take various and alternative forms. The figures are not necessarily to scale; some features may be exaggerated or minimized to show details of particular components. Therefore, specific structural and functional details disclosed herein are not to be interpreted as limiting, but merely as a representative basis for teaching one skilled in the art to variously employ the present invention. As will be appreciated by one of skill in the art, various features illustrated and described with reference to any one of the figures can be combined with features illustrated in one or more of the figures to produce embodiments that are not explicitly illustrated or described. The combination of features illustrated provides a representative embodiment of a typical application. However, various combinations and modifications of these features consistent with the teachings of the present disclosure may be desired for particular applications or implementations.

Certain terminology may be used in the following description for reference purposes only and is therefore not intended to be limiting. For example, terms such as "above" and "below" refer to directions referenced in the drawings. Terms such as "front," "back," "left," "right," "back," and "side" describe the orientation and/or position of various parts of a component or element within a consistent but arbitrary frame of reference that becomes apparent with reference to the text and associated drawings describing the component or element in question. Also, terms such as "first," "second," "third," and the like may be used to describe individual components. Such terms may include the words specifically mentioned above, derivatives thereof, and words of similar import.

Figure 1 shows a known embodiment of a partition box. As mentioned above, this design forms compartments 10 and forms protrusions 12 on the outer walls of these compartments 10. These projections 12 form an unusable part of the housing. This not only reduces the available space within the bulkhead box, but also does not provide any support or reinforcement to the bulkhead box walls.

The disclosed baffle box assembly may be used to place individual components in individual compartments for transport to prevent damage to the components (e.g., collision with one another during transport). The disclosed baffle box assembly can be shipped in a relatively flat, folded configuration and then unfolded at the factory to place the parts. The entire space of the partition box is available for storing components while the compartment fills the entire interior space of the partition box.

Referring to fig. 2, the partition box assembly 1 has 30 separate compartments for storing the same or different components for transport. Here, the number of compartments is merely for example and not for limitation. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the separator box may be comprised of a plurality of transverse plates 20 and a plurality of longitudinal plates 30. Fig. 3 shows an embodiment of the transverse plate 20. As shown, the transverse plate 20 includes a series of first grooves 28, the first grooves 28 extending up from the first bottom edge 24 of the transverse plate 20 approximately half way up the height of the plate. The first top edge 22 of the transverse plate 20 may be flat. Fig. 4 shows an embodiment of the longitudinal plate 30. The longitudinal plate 30 has a series of second grooves 38, the second grooves 38 extending downwardly from the plate's second top edge 32. The second bottom edge 34 of the longitudinal plate 30 may be flat. Referring to fig. 2, the plates may be placed at right angles to each other and the grooves inserted into each other to form the diaphragm tank assembly of fig. 2. As shown in fig. 3, each transverse panel 20 may include a first fold tab 29, the first fold tab 29 being formed along a vertical fold line located at the first left side edge 26 and the first right side edge 27 of the panel. Similarly, as shown in fig. 4, the longitudinal panel 30 may also include a second fold tab 39, the second fold tab 39 being similarly formed along a vertical fold line located at the second left side edge 36 and the second right side edge 37 of the panel. Referring to fig. 5, which shows the longitudinal panel 30, the second fold tab 39 may be bent to make an angle of about 90 degrees with the panel. The number of grooves (28 and 38), transverse plates 20, and longitudinal plates 30 shown in the figures is merely exemplary and not intended to limit the present disclosure. The number of individual compartments per compartment is likewise optional and may be greater or smaller than the number shown in the figures.

Referring to fig. 6 in conjunction with fig. 2-5 above, the transverse panels 20 and the longitudinal panels 30 form separate compartments. A pair of outer plates 40 and 40' (see fig. 2) surround the series of plates and form the outer sides of the disclosed spacer box. The securing material is applied to a portion of each of the first and second folded tabs 29, 30 of the transverse panels 20 and the longitudinal panels 30 overlying at least a portion of the outer panels 40, 40'. The securing material may be an adhesive tape. The outer panels 40 and 40' have flat third top and bottom edges 42 and 44, and have a pair of protrusions 48 on one of a third left side edge 46 or a third right side edge 47, and a pair of mating recesses 49 on the other. The convex portion 48 and the concave portion 49 are semicircular. Each outer panel also has a pair of vertical fold lines from the third top edge to the third bottom edge of the panel, the distance between them defining the longitudinal length of each divider box. Furthermore, the first folding tab 29 and the second folding tab 39 may have a suitable shape and length so that they can completely enclose the transverse panels 20 and the longitudinal panels 30 after being folded.

The male and female portions 48, 49 of the outer panel 40 are in a mated position and attached (e.g., glued, taped, or otherwise suitably) to the ends of the transverse panel 20 or similar panel. In certain embodiments, the transverse plates 20 and the longitudinal plates 30 may be surrounded by a single outer plate 40 to form the outside of the spacer box. In further embodiments, depending on the number of compartments, more than 2 outer panels 40' may be employed to form the outside of the baffle box. Thus, the number of vertical fold lines of the outer panel 40' may be adjusted accordingly.

The structural material used to form the transverse panels 20, the longitudinal panels 30 and the outer panels 40 may be paperboard or corrugated board material (e.g., paperboard, cardboard, fiberboard, corrugated plastic board, etc.). However, any recyclable material having the necessary strength and rigidity for the particular application envisaged is suitable. With respect to the preferred paperboard material, it will be appreciated that the wall structure (i.e., single, double or more layers) may vary depending upon the application. In particular, corrugated cardboard may be used to make up the baffle boxes and baffle box assemblies; however, such description is illustrative and not restrictive of the disclosure.

While the baffle box assembly shown in fig. 2 can provide sufficient strength for many applications, additional plates may be provided to add strength against downward forces caused by stacking or rough handling. Such an embodiment is shown in fig. 7 and 8. As shown, one or more baffle box assemblies 1 may be passed through a stiffener plate 50 to form a baffle box. As shown in fig. 8, the reinforcement plates 50 may be attached to the outer surface of the spacer box assembly 1 using glue, tape, or the like. In certain embodiments of the present disclosure, the reinforcing sheet 50 may comprise a high strength material, including but not limited to corrugated cardboard, plastic sheet, corrugated plastic sheet, and wood.

Referring to fig. 9, the spacer box described above may be combined with the bottom cover 60 and the top cover 70 to form a complete enclosure. In some embodiments, the top cover 70 or the bottom cover 60 may be attached to the separator tank to increase additional strength and resistance to avoid deformation of the separator tank.

One of the unique features of the baffle boxes of the present disclosure is that they can be folded for transport from their manufacturing site to a factory for use. Referring now to figures 10, 11 and 12, each baffle box assembly 1 without a reinforcement plate is folded about its junction as shown in figure 10. This folding continues until the assembly flattens out as shown in fig. 12, as shown in fig. 11. Because each baffle box assembly 1 without the stiffening plates is folded flat, each baffle box can be conveniently transported and their assembly takes up less space. Once the place of use is reached, the process shown in fig. 10-12 is reversed until the assembly shown in fig. 8 is completed.

It should be emphasized that many variations and modifications may be made to the embodiments described herein, the requirements of which are to be understood as acceptable examples. All such modifications and variations are intended to be included herein within the scope of this disclosure and protected by the following claims. Moreover, any of the steps described herein may be performed concurrently or in a different order than the order of the steps described herein. Moreover, as should be apparent, the features and attributes of the specific embodiments disclosed herein may be combined in different ways to form additional embodiments, all of which fall within the scope of the present disclosure.

Conditional language (such as, inter alia, "can," "e.g.," etc.) as used herein is generally intended to convey that certain embodiments include, while other embodiments do not include, certain features, elements and/or states unless specifically stated otherwise or otherwise understood in the context in which they are used. Thus, such conditional language is not generally intended to imply that features, elements, and/or states are in any way essential to one or more embodiments or that one or more embodiments necessarily include logic for deciding (with or without author input or prompting) whether these features, elements, and/or states are included in any particular embodiment or whether these features, elements, and/or states are to be performed in any particular embodiment.

Also, the following terms may be used herein. The singular forms "a", "an" and "the" include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Thus, for example, a reference to an item includes a reference to one or more items. The term "some" means one, two or more, and generally applies to some or all of a selected number. The term "plurality" refers to two or more items. The terms "about" or "approximately" mean that the quantity, dimensions, size, layout, parameters, shape, and other characteristics are not necessarily exact, but may be approximate and/or larger or smaller, as desired, reflecting acceptable tolerances, conversion factors, rounding off, measurement error and the like, and other factors known to those of skill in the art. The term "substantially" means that the recited feature, parameter, or value does not have to be achieved exactly, but may be offset or varied by amounts that do not preclude the effect that the characteristic is intended to provide, including: such as tolerances, measurement errors, measurement accuracy limitations, and other factors known to those skilled in the art.

Numerical data may be represented or presented herein in a range format. It is to be understood that such range format is used merely for convenience and brevity and, thus, such range format should be interpreted flexibly to include not only the numerical values recited as the limits of the range, but also to include all the individual numerical values or sub-ranges encompassed within that range as if each numerical value and sub-range is explicitly recited. By way of illustration, a numerical range of "about 1 to 5" should be interpreted to include not only the values explicitly recited in about 1 to about 5, but also to include individual values and sub-ranges within the indicated range. Accordingly, included within this numerical range are individual values such as 2, 3, and 4, and sub-ranges such as "about 1 to about 3", "about 2 to about 4", and "about 3 to about 5", "1 to 3", "2 to 4", "3 to 5", and the like. This principle applies equally to ranges reciting only one numerical value (e.g., "about greater than 1"), and should apply regardless of the breadth of the range or the characteristics being described. For convenience, multiple items may be presented in a common list. However, these lists should be construed as though each member of the list is individually identified as a separate and unique member. Thus, no individual member of such list should be construed as a de facto equivalent of any other member of the same list solely based on their presentation in a common group without indications to the contrary. Furthermore, when the terms "and" or "are used in conjunction with a list of items, the terms" and "or" should be interpreted broadly, as any one or more of the listed items may be used alone or in conjunction with other listed items. The term "alternatively" refers to the selection of one of two or more alternatives, but is not intended to limit the selection to only those listed alternatives or to only one of the listed alternatives at a time, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

While exemplary embodiments are described above, it is not intended that these embodiments describe all possible forms encompassed by the claims. The words used in the specification are words of description rather than limitation, and it is understood that various changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. As previously described, features of various embodiments may be combined to form exemplary aspects of the disclosure that may not be explicitly described or illustrated. While various embodiments may be described as providing advantages over or being preferred over other embodiments or prior art implementations with respect to one or more desired characteristics, those skilled in the art will recognize that one or more features or characteristics may be compromised to achieve overall system attributes desired for a particular application and implementation. These attributes may include, but are not limited to, cost, strength, durability, life cycle cost, marketability, appearance, packaging, size, serviceability, weight, manufacturability, ease of assembly, and the like. Accordingly, embodiments that do not describe as desirable one or more features as other embodiments or prior art embodiments are outside the scope of the present invention and may be desirable for particular applications.

Claims (10)

1. A high strength diaphragm tank assembly (1) containing a plurality of individual compartments (10), characterized in that said high strength diaphragm tank assembly (1) comprises:

-a set of mutually parallel transverse panels (20) having a first top edge (22), a first bottom edge (24), a first left side edge (26) and a first right side edge (27), said transverse panels (20) having respective first recesses (28), said first recesses (28) extending upwardly from the respective first bottom edge (24) of each of said transverse panels (20), said transverse panels (20) further having respective first folding tabs (29) on the first left side edge (26) and on the first right side edge (27);

a set of mutually parallel longitudinal panels (30) having a second top edge (32), a second bottom edge (34), a second left side edge (36) and a second right side edge (37), said longitudinal panels (30) each having a second groove (38), said second grooves (38) each extending downwardly from the second top edge (32) of each of said longitudinal panels (30), said longitudinal panels (30) further having second fold tabs (39) on the second left side edge (36) and on the second right side edge (37), respectively;

at least one outer panel (40) having a third top edge (42), a third bottom edge (44), a third left side edge (46) and a third right side edge (47), one of said third left side edge and said third right side edge having at least one protrusion (48) and the other of said third left side edge and said third right side edge having at least one recess (49) cooperating with said protrusion (48), and said third left side edge and said third right side edge of said outer panel (40) being joinable together by said protrusion (48) and said recess (49); and

at least one reinforcement panel (50), the reinforcement panel (50) being attached to an outer surface of the outer panel (40) when a third left side edge (46) and a third right side edge (47) of the outer panel (40) are joined together by the protrusion (48) and the recess (49);

wherein the transverse plate (20) and the longitudinal plate (30) are perpendicular to each other and are removably assembled together by the cooperation of the first groove (28) and the second groove (38); the outer panel (40) comprising at least one vertical fold line, such that the outer panel (40) is folded along the vertical fold line to enclose the transverse panel (20) and the longitudinal panel (30); -the first folding tab (29) of the transverse panel (20) and the second folding tab (39) of the longitudinal panel (30) are adhered to the inner surface of the outer panel (40) by means of a fixing material, so that the transverse panel (20), the longitudinal panel (30) and the outer panel (40) constitute a plurality of compartments; and

the high strength diaphragm tank assembly (1) is capable of folding and maintaining parallelism between the transverse plates (20) and between the longitudinal plates (30) when the reinforcement plate (50) is detached from the outer surface of the outer plate (40).

2. The high strength diaphragm tank assembly (1) of claim 1 wherein the transverse plates (20) each have 8 first grooves (28).

3. The high strength diaphragm tank assembly (1) of claim 1 wherein said longitudinal plates (30) each have 3 second grooves (38).

4. The high strength diaphragm tank assembly (1) of claim 1, wherein all first (29) and second (39) fold tabs form a complete enclosure of the transverse (20) and longitudinal (30) panels.

5. A high strength diaphragm tank assembly (1) as claimed in claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein the transverse panels (20), the longitudinal panels (30) and the outer panels (40) are all made of corrugated paper.

6. A high strength diaphragm tank assembly (1) as claimed in claim 5, wherein the fixing material is adhesive tape.

7. The high strength diaphragm tank assembly (1) of claim 5, wherein the reinforcement plate (50) is made of a material that is more resistant to deformation than the transverse plates (20), the longitudinal plates (30) and the outer plates (40).

8. The high strength diaphragm tank assembly (1) of claim 1 further comprising a bottom cover (60) and a top cover (70), the bottom cover (60) and the top cover (70) covering the opening of the high strength diaphragm tank assembly (1).

9. A high strength diaphragm box assembly (1) as claimed in claim 1 wherein a single said outer panel (40) includes four vertical fold lines such that said outer panel (40) folds along said vertical fold lines and through engagement of third left and right side edges to enclose said transverse and longitudinal panels (20, 30).

10. The high strength diaphragm tank assembly (1) of claim 1 wherein the male portion (48) and the female portion (49) are semi-circular.

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